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  Put in Order
Frequency adverbs: position
Focus Grammar
Description Practise how to put adverbs of frequency in the right place inside the sentence.
Instructions Order these sentences so the adverb of frequency comes in the right position.
 
Items
often / to the disco? / you / do / How / go
 
Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY
me / phoned / Yesterday, / she / twice
 
Tom / will / help you / if you need it / rarely
 
I / day in, day out / have to go / shopping
 
to the dentist / I / go / once a year / usually
 
Do / you / usually / at home? / have lunch
 
almost never / My parents / go on holiday
 
I / always / get up / at 8 a.m.
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
Does / ? / always / Kevin / win
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
My parents / very often / come / to help me
 
My car / breaks down / several times a year
 
it / saw / I / five times
 
go / ? / every day / you / Do / to the gym
 
never / listen / can / They
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
John / is / often / late
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
very often / She / in blue / dresses
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
you / feel tired? / Do / often
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the end)
dress / in green? / always / Can / I
 
I / go / to the gym / three times a week
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
some help with the homework / They / usually / need
 
your car keys / You / find / can / never
 
very tired / Something is the matter with me. I / am / usually / in the mornings.
 
We / soup / every other day / have
 
to the hairdresser's / I / once a month / usually / go
 
Begin the sentence with SHE
when you talk to her / rarely / listens / She
 
Place it in mid-position (not at the beginning or the end)
often / eats / Mike / for dinner / pizza
 
know / never / what to say / I
 
need / I travel a lot. I / some petrol / every other day.
 
asking me questions / is / She / always
 
oranges / eat / hardly ever / I
 
Total number of items: 30
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS

These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)

ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%)      = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%)      = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)

Word order:

One-word adverbs

Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach

Two words or more

At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)

How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4

These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week